The disassembly procedure was approached a bit differently than normal. The movement
and strike train had several missing and broken parts and I had never worked on a going
train containing a remontoir regulating device; this also being incomplete. I wanted to
see if the going train would operate successfully before restoring the frame or strike
train so this part of the movement was first removed, cleaned, reassembled and tested.
Then I did the same with the strike train. Lastly, I removed both trains and restored the
frame followed by the final reassemble of the entire movement. For purposes of simplicity,
I have arranged this page as if the disassembly had taken place all at once as is the
usual manner.

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Figure 8 shows the entire remontoir system on the white piece of paper. Notice the wide
difference in scale of the bolts in Fig. 22, something not usually seen in a single
movement. The weight of the largest wheel in the strike train is 18 lbs.; the smallest in
the pilot clock is under 1 oz.

All parts had oil or WD40 applied to them and allowed to sit for a while to allow
loosening. Be sure to remove all dirt from slot heads (Fig. 29) to be sure the screwdriver
has a good grip. Of all the screws and bolts only two had to be drilled out as the head in
one case was missing and the other was too rusted to be of any use. The most difficult
system to disassemble, as is usually the case, was the removal of the winding barrel
cylinder from its ends.

Figure 11 shows the pilot face removed. Special care was exercised as the glass was a
thin doughnut shaped piece held fast by a brass bezel. The numbers were simply painted on
paper. The paper itself was somewhat discolored in areas, so no effort was made to restore
this - the only part of the clock not restored. I could have photocopied or scanned the
old paper face onto a new piece of appropriately colored paper, but I believe this would
have looked 'too fake' no matter what I tried.